Tool grip



-WITNESSES Feb. 23 ,1926. 1,574,136

H. TAUTZ ET AL TOOL GRIP Filed May 15. 19221 Patented Feb. 23, i925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- HERBERT TA'UTZ AND FRANK E. DION, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN,ASSIGNORS TO AMERICAN GRINDER MANUFACTURING COMIANY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN,

A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

Y Toon GRIP.

Application filed May 15, 1922. Serial No. 561,030. Y

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, HERBERT TAU'rz, a

citizen ot the German Republic, and FRANKV T he general object ot the invention is to provide a sheet metal hand grip of inexpensive coiistruction that may be readily applied to the tool even after such tool has been given V its tinal torni. A

A Vfurther object 01"' the invention is to provide a grip that may be used as a center grip or as an end grip when an end cap is secured to it.

A further object of the invention is to provide a grip in which the limiting stops 'for the grip are enclosed by it, thus preventingl any possibility ot bruising or lacerating the hands or the user.

YWith the above and other objects in View the invention consists in the construction and the several i'eatures of construction hereinaiter described and claimed and all equivalents.

ln the drawings: Fig. l is an elevation view ot a tool equipped With hand grips eml bodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the center hand grip; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view `thro-ugh the end hand grip.

In the drawings We have shown, tor the purpose oi' illustrating the invention, a socket Wrench l having a handle 5 of the bit brace type provided with a center grip and an end grip embodying the invention.

In each instance the hand grip embodying the invention consists ot' a tubular member 6 of sheet metal having reduced tubular end portions 7 rotatably mounted on the handle 5 and an annular groove 8 adjacent at least one end of said member though grooves ad jacent both ends are provided. Each tu bular member 6 is formed from a sheet metal blanir that is given a preliminary shaping and is then placed around the handle andk given its final shape by the use of suitable dies. No Welding ot the adjoining edges 9 or' they member or the use of retainer bands is necessary. Y

The handle 5 ot the tool is provided with usual stop 4projections 10, but contrary to the usual practice these'projections are enclosed Within the grip adjacent the tubular end portions 7 so that any chance oit injury from contact With such projections is eliminated. This is made possible by the forma- .tion of the grip around the tool.

When used as an end grip, a pressed metal Cap ll is fitted over the outer end of 'the tubular member and preferably has its edge l2 crimped Within the' adjacent groove 8, said end cap being in end thrust engagement with the end of the tool handle.

By constructing the grip of pressed Isheet metal the tool itselll may be bent to shape and heat-treated or otherwise ,processed or Worked beto-re applying thegrip or grips embodying the invention.

What We clain'i as our invention is:

The combination, With a tool handle, of a pressed metal tubular one-piece hand-grip rotatably mounted on the handle and pro-Y vided With reduced tubular end portions and an annular groove adjacent one end, a cap inend thrust engagement With said handle and having an annular edge extending into said groove, and spaced stop projections on 8" the handle and disposed Within the grip adjacent said end portions for positioning said Y grip on the handle.

' ln testimony whereof, We aiiix our signatures.

HERBERT TAUTZ. u FRANK E. DION. 

